For much of the last decade, health systems have treated digital progress as a visibility problem. They thought the remedy was more features, more access points and more reminders that a portal or app is available. Now, a growing number…
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Lifepoint Corporate Services — affiliated with Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health — joined multi-district litigation by providers against MultiPlan, now Claritev, and insurers for allegedly driving underpayments. Lifepoint’s complaint, filed June 2 in an Illinois federal court, targets Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield…
A Michigan federal judge has blocked Munson Healthcare’s attempt to transfer two class-action data breach lawsuits to Missouri, where dozens of similar cases against Oracle Health are consolidated. Chief Judge Hala Jarbou of the Western District of Michigan denied Munson’s…
Shanna Stofer, PharmD, has been appointed president and CEO of Mary Lanning Healthcare in Hastings, Neb., effective July 13. Ms. Stofer has held healthcare leadership roles at nonprofit and for-profit hospitals and health systems, with a focus on independent community…
Fifteen percent of nurses are working a second job, according to the 2026 Nurse.org State of Nursing Survey. Another estimate puts this at 50%. This can create a patient safety blind spot that health system leaders are largely not equipped…
Waconia, Minn.-based Ridgeview has appointed Ben Nielsen as its next president and CEO, effective June 14. He will succeed Mike Phelps, who plans to retire Jan. 2, according to a June 4 health system news release. Mr. Nielsen has held…
Tripp Owings has been named CEO of Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi, effective July 6, according to a June 5 LinkedIn post. In his new role, Mr. Owings will oversee six hospitals, more than 5,650 employees and more than 75…
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System has finalized an agreement to acquire Mountain Lakes Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Clayton, Ga. Four things to know, per a June 5 news release: 1. Wellstar is an 11-hospital system with…
New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has completed more than 20,000 robotic surgeries since launching its program in 2016, with the health system now performing more than 5,000 procedures annually across 19 da Vinci systems at 10 sites of…
Connecticut is erasing nearly $315 million in medical debt for more than 97,000 residents in the fourth round of its medical debt relief program. The initiative has now eliminated more than $513 million since the program began in 2024, according…